Tributes pour in for Kalpana Chawla on her 9th death anniversary

Memories of Kalpana Chawla came alive as academicians, faculty members and students of Emax Group of Institutions paid rich tributes to her on her ninth death anniversary here on Wednesday. A function was organised at E-Max Group of Institutions and glowing tributes were paid to Kalpana Chawla. The participants observed a two-minute

silence on the occasion. Tributes were paid to Kalpana Chawla by Dr. B.S Jaswal, Director Emax Institute of Computer Applications; Sunil Arya, Director Emax Business School at a prayer meeting at the Campus. A two-minute silence was observed during the prayer meeting. Later, faculty members, office-bearers and students of the institute paid floral tributes to Kalpana Chawla.

Deepankar Kumar Ashish, Head of Department at Emax Engineering College , Ex Student of Post Graduation from Panjab Engineering College University of Technology from where Kalpana had done her Aeronautical Engineering in 1982. He said that Kalpana Chawla was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.

Chairman Om Prakash Aggarwal said that Kalpana who had laid her life for the betterment of the humanity was an inspiration for young asians who aspired to join NASA. He said it is not appropriate to give her tribute without knowing her achievement and the scarifies, a nightmare that if would shaken when we think the way they were died and burn. There are some jobs beyond ordinary things and they are few or rare who dares to do something at the risk of life and Kalpana Chawla was one of them.

Pardeep Agarwal, General Secretary of Emax Group said the nation would always remember the sacrifices made for humanity. “India lost one of its best gems” was the statement by Rajiv Bansal, Finance Secretary of the Emax Group